Joe Root and Trevor Bayliss have dismissed spot-fixing allegations made against England players as “outrageous”.

Al Jazeera on Sunday aired a documentary which included claims that three unnamed England players conspired with bookmakers to manipulate a passage of play in the Chennai Test against India in December 2016.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Tom Harrison said there was no evidence behind the allegations.

“Neither ECB nor the ICC is aware of any credible evidence connecting any England players to any form of corruption.

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland also said there is no credible evidence to prove that two unnamed Australian players were guilty of corruption in a Test against India last year following allegations made in the Al Jazeera programme.